mexican police were not to be trusted. for instance, he was coming home from the bank after cashing our rent check and police pulled him over, followed him from the bank. pulled him over. had him step out and punched him in the face and stole his money. >> reporter: david, she says, saw someone get shot on the street. did you sense it was getting more dangerous? >> you could. yeah. you could sense it. you'd hear more about it. >> reporter: what did they look like? describe how you would pick out a cartel member? >> their trucks at that time had their name. a zdg or a "z" for the zetas. they had actually marked their vehicles with their name and who they were. >> reporter: david convinced his company to allow him at least to live on the american side of the border in mcallen. soon afterwards, the company told david he was being offered another transfer, back home to colorado. to his mom that was a blessing. >> they were going to be home that next week looking for a house to move into. i mean, we were excited about them comi

mexican police were not to be trusted.or instance, he was coming home from the bank after cashing our rent check and police pulled him over, followed him from the bank. pulled him over. had him step out and punched him in the face and stole his money. >> reporter: david, she says, saw someone get shot on the street. did you sense it was getting more dangerous? >> you could. yeah. you could sense it. you'd hear more about it. >> reporter: what did they look like? describe how you would pick out a cartel member? >> their trucks at that time had their name. a zdg or a "z" for the zetas. they had actually marked their vehicles with their name and who they were. >> reporter: david convinced his company to allow him at least to live on the american side of the border in mcallen. soon afterwards, the company told david he was being offered another transfer, back home to colorado. to his mom that was a blessing. >> they were going to be home that next week looking for a house to move into. i mean, we were excited about them coming

many members of the mexican press are here. a specialranged postevent briefing for them and other members of the press. this to askey hold questions during this event. like to thank all those who helped me this a success. and the atlantic council's fabulous external relations team. began operations in october. we are all to a running start. our center was started with the generous support of land pur philanthropist adrienne. we are broadening awareness of many of the transformations of crossed latin america and to change the nature of the discussions about the region and to heighten the potential as a strategic and economic partner for europe, the united states and beyond. cannot think of a better first report been what we are releasing today. it shows the new dynamism and the changeseflects being seen. an editorial this week says that opens the door for a mexican economic take off. our report reflect the philosophy of our news center which is a timely analysis consisting of -- assisting yet vigorous. we will speak for about 15

m stands for mexican mafia. it just shows their loyalty. that's who they're loyal to. at the drop of a dime, any time a certain request is done, they go ahead and handle what they're asked to do or what they're told to do. >> something like this is going to help us validate those inmates we take them off the active gp facilities, put them over in the shu where there's a more controlled setting for them. which protects staff and inmates. >> these are the heavy duty inmates that we want to get off the yard, because they're heavily involved in that criminal activity. >> in addition to the prison gangs, the officers in corcoran also have street gangs to deal with, the most violent and unpredictable of all, the bulldogs. >> the bulldog street gang originated in fresno, that group of hispanic population not being from southern california, not being from northern california, they affiliated or they joined together with the intent of not being governed by any other prison gang. >> bulldogs they're not as organized as your other gangs. they don't have the leadership in their or

these are areas where there will be a very positive net benefit for the mexican people and mexican economy and already we are seeing the the zero migration from mexico to the united states. partly that is a demographics here in the united states and partly the result of the economic opportunities and this can only help. some of the estimates proved to be right about 100,000 new jobs in the energy sector that is something that we should celebrate because that means that more 16-year-old mexicans see their future in the country as opposed to leaving. and on the point of security, you know, if you are a young man that lives in a marginalized area and you have no economic opportunity there are very little traces so what are you going to do are you going to migrate are going to the potential the organized crime? and this offers you a way out. it means to be modified to of the changes happening of course and other changes in the economy, but i see it as a very positive thing and will relieve a lot of the pressure on the bilateral relationship in the long run. >> did you want to add something? >>

was a said -- there meeting in tampa where mexican officials and u.s. coast guard officials were there. the process is in place. what i wanted to underscore and thatight is the say everything in this world is easy as far as the agreement and paperwork is concerned. -- implementation is a very difficult challenge. in this new concept -- we are able to work hand-in-hand with pemex. that will bring in transfer a lot of knowledge on how to manage the business. i think that is an area where we will see quite a bit of improvement. be in pipeline transportation. we have seen a number of accident in mexico and also onshore field work. the public security. -- onshore in particular. it is a question i get asked a lot. my standard response is look at where the oil industry operates globally. the don't always operate in safest places. they know a deal with security threats. the one potential exception i would say is that smaller operators that might benefit from a boom in the shale business in northern mexico. that is where we really had keep focused on the questio

mexican economy. already we're seeing zero net migration from mexico to the united states. probably that's as a result of demographics, probably as a result of a tougher climate here in the united states, but probably as a result of greater economic opportunities in mexico and this can only help. some of the estimates prove to be about 100,000 new jobs in the energy sector. that's something we should celebrate. that means more 15-year-old mexicans see their future is in country as opposed to leaving. on the point of security, if you are a young man who lives in a marge liesed area and you have no economic opportunities, there's very little choices for you. are you going to my great or go into potentially organized crime? this offers you another way out. it needs to be added to all the changes happening in education, of course and other changes in the economy. i see this as being a very positive thing. it will relieve the pressures in the long run as well. >> particularly in the border states. >> yes.

what did the trend signify for the mexican economy? maquiladora program then stands as the blueprint upon which many of these deregulatory and privatizing strategies are. and the purpose is to make mexico more attractive for foreign investment. schoumacher: many mexican workers still cross the u.s. border in search of better jobs. but the low-tech jobs at border maquiladoras and the high-tech jobs at cummins's san luis potosi plant were evidence that lowered barriers and less regulation could attract billions in investment and allow hundreds of thousands of workers to find jobs without leaving home. evidence that paved the way for the gradual integration of mexico into the continent-wide north american economy created in 1993 by the north american free trade agreement. the winners in the maquiladora program were u.s. corporations which gained access to cheap labor, mexican workers who now found better job opportunities in their own country, and u.s. consumers who could buy low-price products produced by american-own mailadora coies. th

am a native new mexican.ip of this place. it's this weird mixed bag of everything here all the time, and that's -- that is the identity. that i don't know. it allows a certain freedom. >> my desire to wear cowboy boots and put a hat on right now, you're sympathetic to that? >> well, i'm from new mexico and yes, i would also like to put my curse word kicking boots and a hat. >> very kind of you. >> well, sure. >> tony, i've got a question for you. what do you think of new mexico? kind of what are your thoughts? >> i'm going to try to boil it down to a simple statement. if you're an easterner and you come out to new mexico, you start to see metaphors in everything. but actually, if you were to stretch a little bit, you could say that new mexico is a perfect metaphor for america. it is a total mutation. it's got spanish, mexican, original american, and add a tinge of radioactivity. this is what america really is. to one degree or another, we are an immigrant culture. we are a gun culture. the expression of ameri

how did the mexican government guarantee that transparency? particularly in light of pamex becoming eventually more independent. how they prove their independence from the very beginning? what are the steps of transparency, really con street concrete steps people will be looking for? >> i think the first step is to really learn what best practices are out there in the world are it the second thing is to -- that needs to be available online and easily accessible. it should not be hidden behind various hurdles you have to get over. industry has to play a role in making sure that things remain open. the international oils in -- oil industry his story has not been the most transparent industry. in recent years, they have started to realize that transparency works in their favor. civil society lays a role and the government should work with it. >> i think the role of the industry has changed considerably in the last 20 or 50 years. i think we do welcome transparency. we do welcome good governance. we have many companies -- countries in the world in

and which i know that a bit slightly in order to introduce another group that expresses culture and mexican hip hop and modern dance. we want to introduce this group that's been structural in expressing their art through dance. >> (speaking spanish.) >> let's give them a round of applause (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping). >> thank you we're going to do one more dawns and keep on moving forward with the program. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (singing in spanish) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in if ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) thank you >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping). >> we would now like to welcome san francisco district attorney to take stage to more awards he's the first latino in the in addition to be to be our former police chief. his approach is to hold people accountable without breaking taxpayers. thought it's thirty year career in law enfor

many members of the mexican press are here.ve arranged a special postevent briefing for them and other members of the press. i ask that they hold this to ask questions during this event. i would like to thank all those who helped make this a success. and the atlantic council's fabulous external relations team. the center began operations in october. we are off to a running start. our center was started with the generous support of philanthropist adrienne. we are broadening awareness of many of the transformations of across latin america and to change the nature of the discussions about the region and to heighten the potential as a strategic and economic partner for europe, the united states and beyond. we cannot think of a better first report than what we are releasing today. it shows the new dynamism in mexico and reflects the changes being seen. an editorial this week says that it opens the door for a mexican economic take off. our report reflects the philosophy of our news center which is a timely analysis succint yet vigoro

welcome back you're watching our international a mexican has been hit by a tide of protests as people call for the government to stop selling to corporations compromising country's future reason the congress approved an energy reform to private eye is the state run oil sector a sticking point which has brought hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets across the country well the bill has now been approved by more than a third of the mexican states but what began as a protest against the energy policy overhaul has now turned into a nationwide discontent with the entire government are hispanic correspond i witnessed one such demonstration. protests against the energy reform have been held in all major cities across mexico it's a new demonstration of power of those who oppose what they government has approved without de consent we can't forget that the three points of the mexican constitution that will be modified under the new measure for many mexicans this new era in the energy sector just means that they get in at the end of the country's independence many also believes that

i have a chapter early on about the mexican war. lincoln was a freshman congressman in the house of representatives during the end of the mexican war in the 1840s. lincoln was opposed to the origin of the mexican war. one of the first speeches in the house of representatives was this very strided speech opposing the origin of the war and president. he became known for that speech. and political opponents, by the way, used it against him in later campaigns. steven douglas used it in the late 1850 when running against lincoln and came up in the presidential campaign as well. >> during his presidency, what is an issue he worked on or had secretary of state worked on. that wasn't necessarily tied to the civil war? >> well, it was all tied to the civil war. the primary thing was keeping the european powers from recognizing the confederacy, which could have been changing the course of the war or american history if they recognized the confederacy. it was the biggest thing. lincoln also had to deal with a series of crises, with britain, fr

that created the need of the mexican government since he was a candidate. the responsibility to change the framework that we had. secondly, of course, we're interested in having a better economic integration in a way that allows us to compete on a fair basis. if our costs of gas and electricity are higher than those that are in the united states, we do not benefit the region. so we need to establish mechanisms to make the whole area competitive and i think that this reform accomplishes bothiv bothiv both objectives. >> thank you. >> i wish i could take more questions. >> you will. >> i'll be around if there's other questions. >> we will come back in a if few minutes with a larger panel. i'd like to ask david goldwin to talk about his report and frame the discussion that we'll have in the panel. thank you very much. why done we sit down. [ applause ] >> mr. ambassador, mr. sec tarks let me say thank you for the privilege of being able to be part of this report. i want to thank three members of my team that ra indispensable who made immeasurable contributions

constitution that will be modified under the new measure for many mexicans this new era in the energy sector just means that beginning of the end of the country's independence many also believes that the whole process has been just a farce and that the decision was really already made even before the debate began the rapid approval that the reform is getting in the local delegations at least read to news the position of those who think the politicians of mexico aren't on the side of the people on the side of commercial interests losing that is not interested in asking the people they don't care about what we think at all this states who have to reform a trillion ten minutes they know know what they are doing there to train us the streets are the only thing as we have now and will do all it takes to defend it and symbolically protesters in mexico city the nation's capital chose the square of independence to kick off their massive march pressure tension and frustration been building up here it's not only about energy reform they talk about education reform about the transfer overseas in

i've had them professionally built up area i haven't pulled it out it's just that the mexican people coming together when we demonstrate the government may decide to not happy with their policies. under the new proposal the state oil company pentax will be reduced to a saddle of its former self. workers' representatives who can remove the board of directors caliber how can such was campaigner for the international action center thinks this is bad news for the mexican people the oil in mexico this is something that the mexican people you know how to have all claimed for themselves they say it's their property they say belongs to them. but now dislike so much of the two of the wealth of the world's being private i think and over to private corporations and utilized it to make profits for. for some capitalists and that's that's an outrage. that's why the people are our upward rising up against. that's why we see all this massive outcry because the people of mexico have really made clear that the government doesn't represent them represents interest in the united states and they would li

the mexican authorities say that they didn't, that there was no to ence they were leaked terrorism. if the mexican authorities was deliberate at was a terror wrist strike then there much more reason to be worried. >> what can be done with cobalt 60 a radioactive material and a very large kaupbltty of material. cancer do to treat contain large amounts of radio activity. final terror wrists wants to use nefarious purposes and mexican authorities are saying don't believe it's terrorists who got it. form 60 is found in the of metal balls. that's hard to disperse. there are other radio activity aterials if taken i would have been more worried about. material could dispersed. >> it could be a dirty bomb. >> ate very hard to kill people dirty bomb. could you make an area of a city and that would cause disruption. this worrying it is that tuff, cobalt 60 is driving around in the back of vans relatively unprotected. the very fact that radioactive material is possible to steal as easy as this. that's alarming. material saves thousands of lives each year through cancer treatment. it's good sou

this is a mexican petroleum fund for stabilization and develop and.his is one i believe from part of the reform. it's established in the article 20 and also in others. when we have these committees headed by the ministry of finance who is the chairman, the energy minister participates in the bank governor for two states and/or before independent members nominated by the mexican president and ratified by two-thirds majority of the people of the mexican senate. that's supposed to be the committee that will run -- run the fund and the fund will be based in the central bank. when the money comes in the first thing the fund will do is pay the contractors. profit-sharing that establishes costs. the fund pays them first but secondly, the fund -- up to 4.7% of gdp. that is the base that right now the oil

what we're looking at is a case of officer involved shootings at the mexican line, and... >> okay. >> and we'd like to know why is it that rock-throwing justifies... >> give me your card and i'll.. >> why is it that rock-throwing justifies lethal force? >> give me your card and i'll do it. i'll have my public affairs.. >> literally for six months we've been asking michael and jenny both to speak to us. >> okay. >> and they haven't gotten back to us. >> okay. >> and we're on a deadline, today, which is why we're up here, and we're actually trying to get an answer from you today. >> he said he would pass it on to you guys and that we could get an interview... >> the answer is no we can't do this. we want to help you as best we can, but we can't do the interview. >> the public affairs officers promised to answer written questions instead, but by the time we went to air, had failed to respond. >> people are investigating a lot right now whether or not jose antonio was involved in drug trafficking or crossing the border or throwing rocks. but the big question is really whether or not it sh

no one stopped to ask if marcelo lucero spoke english or if he had papers or if he was mexican or not, which he wasn't. in fact just a few minutes before the attack on marcelo, they attacked another immigrant who was a naturalized u.s. citizen from columbia who have been here for more than 30 years, hector. he was working in a restaurant and was walking home and they attacked him. he ran to a house called the lights went on and he was saved. they went on and be found and killed the lucero. no one asked him where are you from, what language do you speak. it was just based on appearance. it's a very, very complicated thing and very scary issue. but i think i'm going to stop. i am all talked out. thank you so much and we can keep this conversation going. thanks so much for being here. [applause] >>> here's a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to "the wall street journal." this reflects sales as of november 17. >>> the author you may not have heard of but you might have seen his work is kevin kallaugher, the editorial cartoonist for the economist. how did you come

lincoln was supposed to the mexican war and one of his first speeches in the house of representatives was this very strident speech opposing the origins of the war and president hope. he became known for that speech and political opponents by the way use it against him. steven douglas used it in the late 18 50's when he was running against lincoln and it came up in the presidential campaign as well. >> during his presidency, what is an issue that he worked on or had secretary of state seward work on that wasn't necessarily tied to his presidency? the civil war? >> was all tied to the civil war. the primary thing was keep in the european powers from recognizing the confederacy which could have changed the course of the war and could have changed the course of american history. that was the biggest thing that lincoln had to deal with a series of crises with britain, with france, with. the russians were friends of the time, friendly power but russian ships showed up in the middle of the atlantic and pacific coasts of that was an issue. he used the russian ships to kind of play off the fr

i didn't hate mexicans. i didn't hate indians. i didn't hate anybody like that. but when you go to these prisons and by the time you do ten years like me, if you're even halfway sane, it's a miracle. >> vanjlis garafolo was awaiting trial for the attempted murder of five police officers while on parole for an earlier conviction of voluntary manslaughter. >> the date i met vanjlis garafolo it was like meeting hannibal lecter with shackles. i saw his feet first and i kind of looked up i saw all the tattoos. this guy was huge, 6'3", probably about 235. i mean he was built like an nfl linebacker. he looked like a stone cold killer. what's even more fascinating is what came out of his mouth. >> the california department of corrections is solely responsible for the madness that goes on in this prison system. and i'll tell you why, because when a big white boy like me goes to prison, he is expected to do his part for the white cause and it's the same for the blacks, the mexicans, the indians, the orientals, asians, everybody else. they're expected to go to prison and do

i'm john avalos i'm in the board of supervisors representing third district third generation of mexicanst and also in the room is richard to share the stage with her husband is here and many, many more in the community. this is not something i've ever dreamed of doing in san francisco that i'd like be able to represent this community >> (speaking spanish.) >> my parents did not graduate from colleges they graduated from high school. my parents sacrificed their education to make sure that i could go on to finish high school and to go on to college and those great sacrifices i recognize. we have seen so many great leaders that have come up of the sfaisz sacrifices that parents have made. i want to call out some of the leaders (calling names) great organizations that have made incredible accomplishments lately we passed the due process for all ordinance board of supervisors that's because of the leaders of this community. today, we're honoring future leaders people who are macro great accomplishments in their education i want to call them up one-on-one on the stage. first (calling names) (c

the student was mexican or not, or yell, talk english, and run to class. all the time, they complained, they would call the immigration authorities. the list of insults was long, and other students said, quote, you hear mexican, you hear dumb for dominican. that was a new one too. dumb in a can for dominican. you hear beaner, border hopper, there was a lot, the list goes on forever, illegal, or li -- i, for illegal imgrant. william said you can't walk in the hallway without looking back. i'm 17, born in new york city by someone when she was nine, heard nasty comments about port reiians and dominican. this is 40u she analyzed the behavior of the classmates. i don't think they are racist or anything, like, i think it's what they hear at home, like when you hear stuff in the news saying that, all, like mexicans cross the boarder, and hispanics come here trying to take over their jobs. i think if your parents tell all this stuff, i mean, gets implanted, embedded in your head, and they come to school with hatred like one of the only imgrants coming to the count

.) >> i was telling you earlier that i'm kooulg but my wife is mexican and i'm surround by mexicans all mayor talked about the due process of ordinance which is so well-connected to the way that we live here and the way that san francisco way. it's also important to talk about what's going on at the state level because this past week ore governor signed a trust act. it's a tremendous messages to the community to say we welcome you, you are part of the community and we recognize our contributions to our community (clapping) >> we should congratulate i think we should congratulate the governor and the legislators for having the circular to do this and we now are going to be able to have a driver's license (clapping) yes. yes. . so if you may recall until 178994 anybody could go to the dmv and get a driver's license then pete wilson in 1994 that turned things around and for the next 20 years we've criminal listed a large number of immigrants for the only thing they've done wrong is come here to work because we needed to come here to work so this is a major step. and in addition to all of t

we have to say it was one of the most ideal take moments ever seen in the history of mexican politics outside the bank a two building hundreds of protesters ready to take the reform and inside the picture was a pretty so much different now the prd and the mornin a movement both in a wing movements have called for massive rally on sunday regarding the content of the reform well it basically means that the government is now up and out to get private companies' contracts and the licences to explore and drill the oil and gas in mexico's deals and so now we'll all sleep well prohibited under mexico's constitution of hundreds to the reform say they fear that the big corporations especially from the us. what would have the complete domination of the mexicans natural resources and the truth is that it can be baked a very big deal actually. for the us would call to get the mexican remains one of the top five crude exports is that they don't know that goal than that now has shifted of a million barrels a day and this energy reform. also mortified three points of the mexican constitution this bo

many of america's first anti marijuana laws came in states where mexican citizens had migrated in search of war. california, texas, colorado and montana. others came in states as new york. with a fear that as they outlawed, cocaine, heroin and morphine people would turn to marijuana as an alternative. still there was no national law against marijuana. that is until 1937. the 13 year national prohibition against alcohol had ended four years earlier. and led by the head of the federal bureau of narcotics henry anne slinger, the country turned its attention to other drugs. a movie marihuana gave people the sense that marijuana would drive people crazy. and despite opposition the marijuana tax rule flew through the office. it had something to do with a thing called marijuana. i think it's a narcotic of some kind. the bill passed easily in both the house and senate and president roosevelt signed it with little public attention. in california there were few marijuana arrests over the next two decades. but in the mid-1960s the numbers rose dramatically. increasing tenfold from 1962 to 1967. >>

the student was mexican or not, or yell, talk english, and run to class. all the time, they complained, they would call the immigration authorities. the list of insults was long, you other students said, quote, and other students who said youm hear mexican, you hear dominican you hear beaner, border hopper, the list can go on, or i.i. for a legal immigrant. another boy named williams said you can't walk in the hallway without looking back. angelika who was born in new york city said she heard nasty comments about puerto ricans and the dominicans and this is how she analyzed the behavior of her classmates and this is angelika talking. i don't think it's racist or anything. i think it's what they hear at home like when they hear stuff on the news saying mexicans are crossing the border and hispanics are coming over here and trying to take our jobs. i think it's their parents telling them all this stuff and they don't know better in their head. so they come to school with this hatred towards hispanics when immigrants come to this country. but i think the kids

this is italian/mexican dining, and you make a meatball taco.he world that you can have this. three meatballs in the taco, some guacamole. and then you put all this nacho cheese and all this other stuff. >> i know what i'm going for the full south of the border experience here. >> there you go. >> i'm not kidding around here. oh, yeah, now we're talking, my friend. >> a little bit nicer than i remember. >> there it is. that's the best bread that you can get. you tell me if you like that. >> now, wait a minute. are you saying that the cheese toast is complimentary? >> it's complimentary. >> and once we found that out, we would order stacks of it. it was our favorite part. we needed to figure out how to manufacture it at home. >> so were you good sizzler customers? do you think they were happy to see you come? >> i love this dish, man. when i go back, i might have to have a meatball taco. >> so we did goose the system a little bit. but not completely abused it. there would be the guilt associated with we never eat out, but now we are, so you bette